Best New Bands » alternative https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 SKATERS Capture all the Punk Energy of the City on Debut LP Manhattan https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skaters-capture-all-the-punk-energy-of-the-city-on-debut-lp-manhattan/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skaters-capture-all-the-punk-energy-of-the-city-on-debut-lp-manhattan/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:32:06 +0000 New York – On Manhattan, the debut full length from Skaters, the band has honed a city into an album. Singer Michael Ian Cummings, drummer Noah Rubin, guitarist Joshua Hubbard, and bassist Dan Burke embody the kind of motion and energy that only in NYC can it make sense the way it does. These punks are

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  1. SKATERS Announce Spring Headlining Tour Burbank, CA - New York City’s very own SKATERS have announced that they will hit the road for a spring headlining tour presented by FILTER in support of their debut albumManhattan, which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on February 25th. Following appearances at SXSW...
  2. Interview: Skaters Los Angeles – The new band Skaters, from New York City, actually doesn’t skate. “We’re musicians first and we don’t [want] to break our wrists,” lead singer Michael Ian Cummings told a Boston music blog earlier this year. “We chose...
  3. Live Review: Skaters Los Angeles – There’s a fluid element to Skaters live show. They play really close together, even on a larger stage, and they move around each other in an accidental, random fashion. You expect it to run afoul… But it...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skaters-capture-all-the-punk-energy-of-the-city-on-debut-lp-manhattan/feed/ 1 Graveface Roadshow at Shea Stadium https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/graveface-roadshow-at-shea-stadium/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/graveface-roadshow-at-shea-stadium/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:39:50 +0000 New York – Savannah, GA based independent label Graveface Records has embarked on a Roadshow tour, featuring a handful of represented artists. All heavily on the shoegaze side, Monday night Shea Stadium hosted the lineup of The Casket Girls, The Stargazer Lilies, Creepoid, and Dreamend, featuring founder Ryan Graveface himself in more than one of the bands.

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  1. Palma Violets Rage Hard at Shea Stadium Palma Violets took Shea Stadium by storm last weekend. Shea is known for their DIY all ages shows, that can get plenty crazy, and this London psych punkers went for it full force. They were getting talked about fiercely before...
  2. Magik Markers Blast Through the Heat at Shea Stadium Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers Friday night may have been the hottest night in Brooklyn so far this summer, and since Shea Stadium doesn’t have indoor AC, it also may have been the worst time and place for a concert....
  3. 5 New Songs We Like: Number 6 Chicago – It’s that pre-holiday time in December when you realize you’ve barely made a dent in your shopping list.  Relax. You’re online.  Check out these songs as your e-commerce soundtrack and start surfing the virtual aisles. You’ll be done...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/graveface-roadshow-at-shea-stadium/feed/ 0 New Music Seminar’s Class Of 2014: Top 100 Artists On The Verge https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000 New York – New Music Seminar today announced this year’s Artist on the Verge “Class of 2014” – a list of 100 trailblazing acts, with the opportunity to perform as part of this year’s event, June 8-10 in New York City.  The organizers call AOV the place to experience tomorrow’s superstars before they break.  (See

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  1. The New Music Seminar’s 100 “Artists on the Verge”: Where NMS & BestNewBands.com Agree The New Music Seminar, which BestNewBands.com will be attending next week, announced their list of the Top 100 Artists on the Verge this week, and there are a lot of familiar names on it. Here’s some of how NMS chooses...
  2. The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday night and runs through Tuesday, the fifth year since the conference was resurrected in 2009, after its original 16-year run ended in 1995.  As with its original incarnation, the event...
  3. Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, Talks New Music Seminar Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, is hard at work on this summer’s New Music Seminar, which is coming up in July in New York City. He took a moment this week to talk to BlueComet.TV about the purpose...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/feed/ 0 Total Slacker’s Record Release Show Was a Total Party https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/total-slacker-s-record-release-show-was-a-total-party/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/total-slacker-s-record-release-show-was-a-total-party/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:25:23 +0000 New York – Total Slacker’s Record Release show at Baby’s All Right Wednesday was a total sold out success. The band took the stage with big grins, and played like it was a party. Their second full length Slip Away just came out the day before, but everyone knew the songs anyway. Total Slacker ripped through their set, with Tucker noting

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  1. Meet Total Slacker New York – Last time I spoke with Total Slacker for BNB, The whole Occupy movement was in full swing, and we were talking about inspiration taken from public assembly, corporate weirdness, and cultural development. That was a little over...
  2. Total Slacker Don’t Slack on the Awesome at Glasslands Total Slacker The implied apathy of Total Slacker is all just a rouse – these guys put a lot of energy into their shows. They are adept musically and mentally. Their lyrics, despite being based around many a joke on...
  3. Interview – Total Slacker: It’s Like Calculated Messiness Total Slacker totally has the chops to back up any buzz they get as they proved at their last Glasslands show, but Tucker, Emily, and Ross also have smart and creative minds to add to their credibility. Behind all the humor,...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/total-slacker-s-record-release-show-was-a-total-party/feed/ 1 BestNewBands.com February Showcase at Bar Matchless https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscom-february-showcase-at-bar-matchless/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscom-february-showcase-at-bar-matchless/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:00:45 +0000 New York – It’s about that time for our Matchless Showcase! On Wednesday, February 19,  we are proud to present another batch of great bands to tune your ears to. For everyone in NYC, don’t let the winter freeze your insides and come out and rock to this desirable lineup:  Set times: 10:45pm Old Monk 10pm Dead Waves

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  1. BestNewBands.com Is Back With A Live Showcase At Bar Matchless New York – Riding on the success of our Official CMJ showcase at Matchless back in October, we’re now bringing more new music to you live, on the third Wednesday of every month at Brooklyn’s Bar Matchless. This Wednesday, December 18, we’ve got...
  2. Live Review: BestNewBands.com’s CMJ Showcase At Brooklyn’s Matchless New York – Well, CMJ 2013 was another whirlwind of music and networking and music and late nights more music. It was a full five days of the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan teaming with band members, racing from gig...
  3. Our Latest Showcase At Brooklyn’s Matchless, Featuring Honduras, Shy Hunters And More New York – To commemorate our descent into holidaze, on behalf of BestNewBands.com I threw another showcase/party at Matchless on December 18. Thanks to more of the best new and emerging local bands being part of it, it turned out...
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  1. Catching Up With Greta Morgan and Eric Hehr of Gold Motel Having profiled Chicago’s Gold Motel as our Artist of the Week, it’s safe to say this is one of our favorite new bands out there. Though their album isn’t as poppy as their debut, that doesn’t mean it isn’t good....
  2. Artist of the Week: Gold Motel Sometimes when you’re a new band, having a sunny, poppy first album is just the tip of the iceberg. It can give the false impression to fans and critics alike that you’re all fuzzy and happy inside without showing what’s...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/interview-blue-gold/feed/ 0 Deer Tick Announce Co-Headlining Tour With The Hold Steady https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/deer-tick-announce-co-headlining-tour-with-the-hold-steady/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/deer-tick-announce-co-headlining-tour-with-the-hold-steady/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:33:10 +0000   New York – Deer Tick are excited to announce that they have joined forces with The Hold Steady to bring a serious dose of sweaty rock ‘n roll to fans across the country throughout April, supporting their 2013 album, Negativity.  Kicking off in Boston, MA on April 17th, the tour will make stops throughout the East

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  3. Deer Tick Has a Damn Good Time Playing Rock N’ Roll On Divine Providence There comes a time in every moody artist’s career when he or she has a “fuck it” moment – that point where they’re exhausted with being brooding and emotive and just want to have a damn good time playing rock...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/deer-tick-announce-co-headlining-tour-with-the-hold-steady/feed/ 0 Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/bombay-bicycle-club-so-long-see-you-tomorrow/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/bombay-bicycle-club-so-long-see-you-tomorrow/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:54:46 +0000 New York – Swerving in unexpected directions with each release, Bombay Bicycle Club is not an act that fears change. Never shy to switch up their sonic styling, this London-based alt-rock outfit has just released their fourth studio album. So Long, See You Tomorrow is predictably unpredictable in acutely profound ways. An all-star cast, the

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  2. Jamestown Revival Performing On KCRW Tomorrow; Conan Next Monday Los Angeles – Jamestown Revival will be performing tomorrow morning on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, at 11:15 am PST. KCRW is a recognized tastemaker for new music from around the world and Morning Becomes Eclectic is the public radio station’s signature show, hosted...
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  3. Yellow Ostrich Announce Fall Headlining Tour Barsuk Records is excited to announce that Yellow Ostrich are heading out on a fall tour in support of their latest album Strange Land. The headlining tour begins October 26th at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia and wraps up November 14th...
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  3. Pyramids post new video for ‘Come Away With Me’ and announce EP details 1st March 2013 sees the release of PYRAMIDS debut three track EP ‘Always Something’, which will be celebrated with their first gig – a headline performance at Hoxton’s Underbelly on the same date. Produced by Adam Noble (Muse, Placebo, Guillemots)...
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